Today’s Motto: ‘If you want to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure’
As every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Aug.13……
1784 – British parliament accepts East India Company Act 1784, bringing the East India Company’s rule in India under the control of the British
Government.
1913 – The first true stainless steel was cast in Sheffield, England.
1956 – National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
1960 – The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1, a balloon satellite.
1985 – Jamie Gavin, age 3, of Dublin, Ireland, became the world’s youngest heart and lung transplant patient
1997 – The contentious women’s reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
2015 – Swedish Prosecutors announce they are dropping allegations against Wikileaks founderJulian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion.
2017 – More than 60 children reported to have died at Gorakhpur Hospital, India, prompting an investigation.
Born….
1936 – Vyjayathimala, Southern cinema and Bollywood actor.
1952 – Yogeeta Bali, Bollywood actor.
1963 – Sridevi Kapoor, Southern and Bollywood actor(pic credit-Mid Day)
RIP….
1795 – Ahilyabai Holkar, the Holkar Queen of the Maratha ruled Malwa kingdom.
1910 – Florence Nightingale, the English nurse and statistician, “The Lady With The Lamp,” who established modern nursing practice.
1936 – Bhikaiji Cama, politician.
1988 – Gajanan Jagirdar, veteran character actor.
You may have known….
The human eye is able to detect over 10,000,000 different colours.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
- (This Column will not be uploadeed for 6 weeks from tomorrow onwards, as our veteran author will be out of India)
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